HSU Spring "Breakers" Travel the World

Several groups from HSU split the globe during the week of Spring Break.

Students
ventured all over the world for spring break. Leadership Studies explored New
York City, Logsdon Seminary traveled to Greece, Baptist Student Ministries went
to Ireland, Student Life covered nine national parks in 8 days and another
group went skiing in Colorado.

Students in New
York City explored Ellis Island along with the Statue of Liberty, subways,
Chinatown, Ground Zero and the 9/11 Memorial Museum, The Museum of Natural
History, Times Square, and attended a Broadway show.

Colby Mears,
sophomore management and marketing major from Springtown, said “The trip was a
lot of fun, and my favorite part was spending the week with the group. HSU is a
well-connected campus, and trips like this give us the opportunity to really
bond.”

Logsdon
students visited places such as the Acropolis, the Temple of Zeus, Ancient
Corinth, Aegean Sea and the Olympic Stadium. More importantly the group helped
the organization “PORTA” who help Albanian refugees in giving English as a Second
Language (ESL) classes to adults and children.

Yessi
Juarez, graduate student from San Antonio, said, “After coming back from
Greece, I am overwhelmed at what God is doing in all of the people who serve their
community. It makes HSU better, because it allows for students to be out of the
classroom and gives them the ability to experience more.”

Students on
the National Parks trip ventured as far as Utah to visit parks. Among the parks
were the Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest National Park, Horseshoe
Bend and Arches National Park.

Erika
Sparkman, senior criminal justice major from Ponder, said, “It was such a blessing to get to spend time with my closest
friends before graduating. I would encourage anyone to go if they have
the opportunity.”

Spring
break is just one of the many opportunities that students have to travel with
Hardin-Simmons University. HSU also
offers many international courses that are held year round in places such as
Italy, China, Indonesia, England, Spain, Austria, and Australia.